Soil Data Explorer - VETAL

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the VETAL soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of VETAL, and applied along 1-cm thick depth slices. Solid lines are the slice-wise median, bounded on either side by the interval defined by the slice-wise 5th and 95th percentiles. The median is the value that splits the data in half. Five percent of the data are less than the 5th percentile, and five percent of the data are greater than the 95th percentile. Values along the right hand side y-axis describe the proportion of pedon data that contribute to aggregate values at this depth. For example, a value of "90%" at 25cm means that 90% of the pedons correlated to VETAL were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRA	Lab ID	Pedon ID	Taxonname	CI	NSSL / NASIS Reports	Link To SoilWeb GMap
67A	84P0227	83NE007019	Vetal	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.6877785,-104.023613
67A	84P0228	83NE007020	Vetal	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.5583344,-103.4124985
67A	12N8268	S2012NE1572001	Vetal	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.7229472,-103.8779806
67A	12N8269	S2012NE1572002	Vetal	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.72335,-103.8772833
67A	12N8270	S2012NE1572003	Vetal	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.723975,-103.8773889
67A	12N8271	S2012NE1572004	Vetal	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.7243556,-103.8775
72	88P0914	88NE069091	VETAL	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.2805557,-102.2088852

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the VETAL soil series. Monthly precipitation (PPT) and potential evapotranspiration (PET) have been estimated from the 50th percentile of gridded values (PRISM 1981-2010) overlapping with the extent of SSURGO map units containing each series as a major component. Monthly PET values were estimated using the method of Thornthwaite (1948). These (and other) climatic parameters are calculated with each SSURGO refresh and provided by the fetchOSD function of the soilDB package. Representative water storage values (“AWC” in the figures) were derived from SSURGO by taking the 50th percentile of profile-total water storage (sum[awc_r * horizon thickness]) for each soil series. Note that this representation of “water storage” is based on the average ability of most plants to extract soil water between 15 bar (“permanent wilting point”) and 1/3 bar (“field capacity”) matric potential. Soil moisture state can be roughly interpreted as “dry” when storage is depleted, “moist” when storage is between 0mm and AWC, and “wet” when there is a surplus. Clearly there are a lot of assumptions baked into this kind of monthly water balance. This is still a work in progress.

Sibling Summary

Siblings are those soil series that occur together in map units, in this case with the VETAL series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the VETAL series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data (updated 2023-10-09).

Geomorphic description summaries for the VETAL series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of proportions and relative hydrologic position within an idealized landform (e.g. top to bottom). Most soil series (SSURGO components) are associated with a hillslope position and one or more landform-specific positions: hills, mountain slopes, terraces, and/or flats. Proportions can be interpreted as an aggregate representation of geomorphic membership. The values printed to the left (number of component records) and right (Shannon entropy) of stacked bars can be used to judge the reliability of trends. Small Shannon entropy values suggest relatively consistent geomorphic association, while larger values suggest lack thereof. Source: SSURGO component records (updated 2023-10-04).

There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with VETAL share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the VETAL series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data (updated 2023-10-09).

Geomorphic description summaries for the VETAL series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of proportions and relative hydrologic position within an idealized landform (e.g. top to bottom). Proportions can be interpreted as an aggregate representation of geomorphic membership. Most soil series (SSURGO components) are associated with a hillslope position and one or more landform-specific positions: hills, mountain slopes, terraces, and/or flats. The values printed to the left (number of component records) and right (Shannon entropy) of stacked bars can be used to judge the reliability of trends. Shannon entropy values close to 0 represent soil series with relatively consistent geomorphic association, while values close to 1 suggest lack thereof. Source: SSURGO component records (updated 2023-10-04).

There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with VETAL, arranged according to family differentiae. Hovering over a series name will print full classification and a small sketch from the OSD. Source: snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Block Diagrams

Click a link below to display the diagram. Note that these diagrams may be from multiple survey areas.

1. NE-2012-02-13-40 | Keith County - November 1995

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Sarben-Vetal association (Soil Survey of Keith County, Nebraska; November 1995).

2. NE-2012-02-13-93 | Sheridan County - 2002

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Tassel-Ponderosa-Rock outcrop association (Soil Survey of Sheridan County, Nebraska; 2002).

3. NE-2012-02-14-02 | Sioux County - 1998

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Busher-Tassel-Jayem association (Soil Survey of Sioux County, Nebraska; 1998).

4. NE-2012-02-14-03 | Sioux County - 1998

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Tassel-Busher-Rock outcrop association (Soil Survey of Sioux County, Nebraska; 1998).

5. NE-2012-02-14-04 | Sioux County - 1998

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Tassel-Ponderosa-Rock outcrop association (Soil Survey of Sioux County, Nebraska; 1998).

6. SD-2012-03-15-98 | Todd County - April 1974

   Typical pattern of soils in association 4 (Soil Survey of Todd County, SD; 1974).

7. WY-2010-11-08-02 | Platte County - 2003

   Typical pattern of soils, topography, and parent material in map units 172, 255, and 263 (Soil Survey of Platte County, Wyoming; 2003).

8. WY-2012-03-23-02 | Goshen County, Northern Part - October 1981

   Typical landscape and parent material of Jayem-Ascalon-Manter soils and Vetal soils (Soil Survey of Goshen County, Wyoming, Northern Part; 1981).

9. WY-2012-03-23-06 | Goshen County, Southern Part - November 1971

   Typical relationship of Manter, Anselmo, and Vetal soils to topography and parent material in association 3 (Soil Survey of Goshen County, Wyoming, Southern Part; 1971).

Map Units

Map units containing VETAL as a major component. Limited to 250 records.

Map Unit Name	Symbol	Map Unit Area (ac)	Map Unit Key	National Map Unit Symbol	Soil Survey Area	Publication Date	Map Scale
Vetal very fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	5290	10474	1692525	1tt6l	ne007	1988	1:20000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	5282	567	1692524	1tt6k	ne007	1988	1:20000
Vetal very fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	5290	1613	1699512	2zbf3	ne009	1988	1:20000
Vetal loamy fine sand, 3 to 6 percent slopes	5289	197	1699511	2zzbl	ne009	1988	1:20000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	5281	7114	357839	2tzzm	ne013	1980	1:20000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	5282	783	357840	d0c7	ne013	1980	1:20000
Vetal loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	5286	1468	100044	2zbfg	ne017	1987	1:20000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	5281	10	2219179	2zbf4	ne017	1987	1:20000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	5281	5730	1699072	1v10s	ne029	1980	1:20000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	5281	6038	100459	2zbf4	ne031	1995	1:24000
Holt-Vetal fine sandy loams, 0 to 6 percent slopes	3176	2413	100394	3cgj	ne031	1995	1:24000
Vetal loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	5288	928	100458	2zbf2	ne031	1995	1:24000
Vetal and Bayard soils, 1 to 6 percent slopes	5070	12294	358176	d0q2	ne045	1973	1:20000
Sarben and Vetal loamy very fine sands, 9 to 30 percent slopes	6090	7005	358164	d0pp	ne045	1973	1:20000
Jayem and Vetal loamy very fine sands, 6 to 9 percent slopes	5964	3238	358112	d0n0	ne045	1973	1:20000
Ponderosa-Tassel-Vetal complex, 6 to 30 percent slopes	5234	704	2217529	2wcbh	ne045	1973	1:20000
Vetal very fine sandy loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	5292	463	2217536	2dfjf	ne045	1973	1:20000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	5281	389	2217534	2tzzm	ne045	1973	1:20000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	5282	173	2217579	2dfkt	ne045	1973	1:20000
Vetal very fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	5291	115	2217535	2dfjd	ne045	1973	1:20000
Vetal loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	5288	4	2217562	2dfk8	ne045	1973	1:20000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	5281	4963	1698784	2tzzm	ne069	1995	1:20000
Vetal loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	5288	11493	1698927	1v0w3	ne101	1990	1:20000
Vetal loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	5285	3534	357752	d08d	ne103	1977	1:20000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	5281	3063	357751	2zbf4	ne103	1977	1:20000
Vetal loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	5286	1271	357753	2zbfg	ne103	1977	1:20000
Vetal loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	5287	485	357754	d08g	ne103	1977	1:20000
Vetal fine sandy loam, loamy substratum, 0 to 3 percent slopes	5283	2957	1699225	1v15q	ne111	1971	1:24000
Vetal loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	5288	121	2219742	2dhtl	ne111	1971	1:24000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	5281	8	2219791	2dhw5	ne111	1971	1:24000
Vetal fine sandy loam	5280	403	1699389	1v1c0	ne113	1969	1:24000
Vetal very fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	5290	401	2219827	2zbf3	ne115	1986	1:20000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	5281	7078	1692675	2tzzm	ne123	1981	1:20000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	5281	3128	1699000	1v0yg	ne135	1987	1:20000
Vetal loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	5288	147	2219567	2dhmy	ne135	1987	1:20000
Vetal loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	5286	1193	100269	2zbfg	ne149	1982	1:20000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	5281	29	2227664	2tzzm	ne157	1965	1:20000
Ponderosa-Tassel-Vetal complex, 6 to 30 percent slopes	5234	43179	100630	2wcbh	ne161	1992	1:20000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	5281	14293	100661	2tzzm	ne161	1992	1:20000
Vetal loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	5288	4134	100660	2zbf2	ne161	1992	1:20000
Ponderosa-Tassel-Vetal complex, 6 to 30 percent slopes	5234	26170	357998	2wcbh	ne165	1993	1:20000
Vetal very fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	5291	15336	358056	d0l6	ne165	1993	1:20000
Vetal very fine sandy loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	5292	7960	358057	d0l7	ne165	1993	1:20000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	5281	1182	358053	2tzzm	ne165	1993	1:20000
Vetal-Holt fine sandy loams, 6 to 15 percent slopes	VhD	5330	352768	cv2m	sd007	2004	1:20000
Vetal-Mobridge complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	VgA	4053	352767	cv2l	sd007	2004	1:20000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T175A	158	1390137	2zbf4	sd007	2004	1:20000
Vetal loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T176A	110	1390138	2zbf2	sd007	2004	1:20000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	Vt	855	355300	2zzwc	sd053	1982	1:20000
Holt-Vetal fine sandy loams, 3 to 9 percent slopes	HlC	54814	352994	cv9x	sd121	1967	1:31680
Anselmo-Vetal fine sandy loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	AvA	20307	352977	cv9c	sd121	1967	1:31680
Vetal fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	Vt	7688	353049	2zzwc	sd121	1967	1:31680
Anselmo-Vetal fine sandy loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	AvB	3648	352978	cv9d	sd121	1967	1:31680
Tuthill-Vetal fine sandy loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	TvA	2513	353044	cvcj	sd121	1967	1:31680
Vetal fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T175A	84	1392007	2zbf4	sd121	1967	1:31680
Vetal loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T176A	25	1392008	2zbf2	sd121	1967	1:31680
Anselmo-Vetal fine sandy loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	AvA	17663	354370	cwr9	sd123	1975	1:20000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	Vt	5977	354456	2zzwc	sd123	1975	1:20000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	T175A	32	2582804	2zbf4	sd613	2011	1:24000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	218	16426	349729	2tzzm	wy027	1993	1:24000
Vetal-Phiferson fine sandy loams, 0 to 6 percent slopes	220	11948	349731	cqxn	wy027	1993	1:24000
Trelona-Phiferson-Vetal fine sandy loams, 6 to 30 percent slopes	212	11031	349723	cqxd	wy027	1993	1:24000
Vetal-Phiferson fine sandy loams, 6 to 15 percent slopes	221	5428	349732	cqxp	wy027	1993	1:24000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 3 to 9 percent slopes	219	2492	349730	cqxm	wy027	1993	1:24000
Vetal-Treon-Phiferson complex, 3 to 20 percent slopes	257	7450	104608	3hvg	wy031	1998	1:24000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 3 to 9 percent slopes	255	4473	104606	3hvd	wy031	1998	1:24000
Vetal-Julesburg fine sandy loams, 0 to 6 percent slopes	256	1638	104607	3hvf	wy031	1998	1:24000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes	VtB	6272	104757	3j08	wy615	1965	1:20000
Dunday and Vetal loamy fine sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	DfA	4744	104687	3hy0	wy615	1965	1:20000
Dunday and Vetal loamy fine sands, 3 to 10 percent slopes	DfC	1020	104688	3hy1	wy615	1965	1:20000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	48	46345	104839	3j2x	wy621	1980	1:24000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	49	8298	104840	3j2y	wy621	1980	1:24000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	47	2547	104838	3j2w	wy621	1980	1:24000
Vetal loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	45	1385	104836	3j2t	wy621	1980	1:24000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes	60	804	104771	3j0q	wy621	1980	1:24000
Vetal loamy fine sand, 3 to 6 percent slopes	46	666	104837	3j2v	wy621	1980	1:24000
Vetal loamy fine sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes	56	445	104768	3j0m	wy621	1980	1:24000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes	34B	17574	104887	3j4g	wy715	1974	1:20000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes	34C	1273	104888	3j4h	wy715	1974	1:20000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	70	906	1415172	2tzzm	wy715	1974	1:20000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 3 to 9 percent slopes	53	57	1414822	1jh7f	wy715	1974	1:20000
Vetal fine sandy loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes	192	5534	104993	3j7w	wy721	1994	1:24000
Vetal loamy fine sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes	193	3117	104994	3j7x	wy721	1994	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the VETAL soil series. To learn more about how this distribution was mapped, or to compare this soil series extent to others, use the Series Extent Explorer (SEE) application. Source: generalization of SSURGO geometry (updated 2023-10-04).